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Definition of Tugger
1. Noun. Someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something.
Generic synonyms: Worker
Derivative terms: Drag, Drag, Pull, Tug, Tug, Tug
Definition of Tugger
1. n. One who tugs.
Definition of Tugger
1. Noun. Agent noun of tug; one who tugs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tugger
1. one that tugs [n -S] - See also: tugs
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tugger
Literary usage of Tugger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Compressed Air Plant: The Production, Transmission and Use of Compressed Air by Robert Peele (1920)
"Ingersoll-Rand "Little tugger" Hoist, Type " IH." 80 Ibs., a load of 1000 Ibs.
can be raised at a speed of 85 ft. per min. ( = about 2.5 HP). ..."
2. A Glossary of Terms Used in Coal Mining by William Stukeley Gresley (1883)
"tugger (B.). A short chain by which boys draw tubs along. tugger BOY (B.).
One who draws small tubs (1) or sleds about underground by means of a tugger. ..."
3. A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry by Albert Hill Fay (1920)
"One who draw» small tubs or sleds underground by means of a tugger. Called Trigger-
work. (Gresley) Tug with (Derb.). А ь mil pole or sapling used as a ..."
4. Shipbuilding Cyclopedia: A Reference Book Covering Definitions of by Bibber Webster, J. L. Bates, Stephen McKay Phillips, Alfred Henry Haag (1920)
""Little tugger' Ash Hoist j Little tugger" Installed on the Bulkhead of an Engine-
oom Deckhouse, Hoisting Ash Buckets Through Ventilator In and around the ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1812)
"... the tugger was only able to come within two or three miles of mis by two
o'clock in the afternoon. In the mean time we hoisted out our boats, ..."
6. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Mines (1920)
"(Webster) tugger (Brist.). A short chain by which boys draw tubs along. ...
One who draws small tubs or sleds underground by means of a tugger. ..."
7. Proceedings of the Lake Superior Mining Institute ... Annual Meeting by Lake Superior Mining Institute (1917)
"These are dragged to the chute by single-drum "Little tugger" hoists of 2^2 ...
The Inger- soll-Rand Company's 6-H. Little tugger hoist, which is driven by ..."
8. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"... they are dragged aboard; all four feet braced and sliding along the stage,
head likely to be pulled off; but the tugger marching determinedly forward, ..."
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